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Praise and permutations (skidders, drivers, typists)
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Matthew,
I think it is really great find!
Cheers,
Sergei
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Dear Jansy,
why did you "permute" JS and CK in your recollection?
And some other things as well... It is interesting...
> Trying to recollect other "crashes" I thought of CK sighting of JS at the
> begining of his story. JS had slipped on the ice and fell, and his heavy
> crash gave start to the engine of his car...
I quote from the Foreword "I lost my footing and sat down on the
surprisingly hard snow. My fall acted as a chemical reagent on the
Shades' sedan which... swung into the lane with John at the wheel..."
>Like Nabokov and his wife,
> it was Sybil who drove JS to classes and visits (JS didn't own a car, or
> did he?),
As we see, it was not always Sybil, sometimes it was John. It is said
only that "Shade had an inordinate liking for long walks..." VN, as I
remember what was said, didn't drive at all.
>but, unlike VN, Shade did his own type-writing? He also seemed
> to be a keen observer of butterflies ( or, at least, of the smaller
> details in the coloring of a Red Admiral's wings)
I cannot check quickly the whole text, but I remember Jerry (?) answering
to my posting said that Shade didn't do his own type-writing. Anyway,
it is clearly said that he didn't type the PF.
Best,
Sergei
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I think it is really great find!
Cheers,
Sergei
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Dear Jansy,
why did you "permute" JS and CK in your recollection?
And some other things as well... It is interesting...
> Trying to recollect other "crashes" I thought of CK sighting of JS at the
> begining of his story. JS had slipped on the ice and fell, and his heavy
> crash gave start to the engine of his car...
I quote from the Foreword "I lost my footing and sat down on the
surprisingly hard snow. My fall acted as a chemical reagent on the
Shades' sedan which... swung into the lane with John at the wheel..."
>Like Nabokov and his wife,
> it was Sybil who drove JS to classes and visits (JS didn't own a car, or
> did he?),
As we see, it was not always Sybil, sometimes it was John. It is said
only that "Shade had an inordinate liking for long walks..." VN, as I
remember what was said, didn't drive at all.
>but, unlike VN, Shade did his own type-writing? He also seemed
> to be a keen observer of butterflies ( or, at least, of the smaller
> details in the coloring of a Red Admiral's wings)
I cannot check quickly the whole text, but I remember Jerry (?) answering
to my posting said that Shade didn't do his own type-writing. Anyway,
it is clearly said that he didn't type the PF.
Best,
Sergei
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